Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Longer breastfeeding best (Aftenposten Norway)

Experts now recommend that children be breastfed up to the age of two or three because of a range of health benefits.

"A little dash of breast milk works like a daily vaccine," Gro Nylander, doctor at the National Expertise Center for Breastfeeding, told newspaper Adresseavisen.

The national Board of Health advises Norwegian women to breastfeed during the infant's first year, but doctor and researcher Nylander believes this is a moderate recommendation.



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